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32 dead after boat capsizes in Bangladesh - report

32 dead after boat capsizes in Bangladesh - report

19 December 2010 03:34 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. At least 32 people are dead and many more are missing after a passenger boat capsized on a river in northeastern Bangladesh, the country’s news agency reported on Saturday, APA reports quoting CNN.
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) reported that 16 women, 11 boys and five girls were killed in the accident that happened on the Surma River in Sunamganj district. The boat sunk after it was hit by a sand-laden vessel that was traveling in the opposite direction at around 8:30 p.m. local time, the agency said, citing local residents.
Rescue operations are ongoing, Superintendent of Police Golam Kibria told BSS.

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